Slate gray

#4b6a7a

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for slate gray, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Slate gray is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #4b6a7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b6a7a

RGB75, 106, 122

HSL200, 24%, 39%

HSV200, 39%, 48%

CMYK39%, 13%, 0%, 52%

Lab43.08, -6.85, -12.5

XYZ11.57, 13.21, 20.35

Decimal4942458

Web safe#336666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of slate gray

#456170 #3e5865 #384f5b #324651 #2b3d46 #25343c #1f2b32 #182228 #12191d #0c1013

Tints of slate gray

#567a8c #628a9e #7497aa #86a5b5 #99b3c0 #abc0cb #bdced6 #cfdbe2 #e2e9ed #f4f7f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#7a5b4b Analogous#4b7a72 Analogous#4b537a Triadic#7a4b6a Triadic#6a7a4b Split complementary#7a4b53 Split complementary#7a724b

Slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 39, 13, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b6a7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 13 0 52

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 16 4 58

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate gray in css

Copy #4b6a7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b6a7a; }
.text { color: #4b6a7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b6a7a; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4b6a7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b6a7a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4b6a7a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4b6a7a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4b6a7a are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.